diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 591655bd107d0..c46839c5243f3 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
   . Fixed bug #79108 (Referencing argument in a function makes it a reference
     in the stack trace). (Nikita)
 
+- Date:
+  . Implemented FR #79903 (datetime: new format "p", same as "P" but returning
+    "Z" for UTC). (gharlan)
+
 - JIT:
   . Fixed bug #79864 (JIT segfault in Symfony OptionsResolver). (Dmitry)
 
diff --git a/ext/date/php_date.c b/ext/date/php_date.c
index 46d50e283718f..67b1bb2d3892d 100644
--- a/ext/date/php_date.c
+++ b/ext/date/php_date.c
@@ -711,6 +711,12 @@ static zend_string *date_format(const char *format, size_t format_len, timelib_t
 
 			/* timezone */
 			case 'I': length = slprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "%d", localtime ? offset->is_dst : 0); break;
+			case 'p': 
+				if (!localtime || strcmp(offset->abbr, "UTC") == 0 || strcmp(offset->abbr, "Z") == 0) {
+					length = slprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "%s", "Z");
+					break;
+				}
+				/* break intentionally missing */
 			case 'P': rfc_colon = 1; /* break intentionally missing */
 			case 'O': length = slprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "%c%02d%s%02d",
 											localtime ? ((offset->offset < 0) ? '-' : '+') : '+',
diff --git a/ext/date/tests/date_format_timezone.phpt b/ext/date/tests/date_format_timezone.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ea4575e4ce395
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/date/tests/date_format_timezone.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+--TEST--
+Test date_format() function : timezone offset
+--FILE--
+<?php
+
+$tz = array("UTC", "Europe/London", "Europe/Berlin", "America/Chicago");
+
+foreach ($tz as $zone) {
+    echo $zone, "\n";
+    date_default_timezone_set($zone);
+
+    $date = date_create("2020-03-10 22:30:41");
+
+    var_dump( date_format($date, "O") );
+    var_dump( date_format($date, "P") );
+    var_dump( date_format($date, "p") );
+}
+
+echo "Z\n";
+$date = date_create("2020-03-10 22:30:41Z");
+
+var_dump( date_format($date, "p") );
+
+?>
+--EXPECT--
+UTC
+string(5) "+0000"
+string(6) "+00:00"
+string(1) "Z"
+Europe/London
+string(5) "+0000"
+string(6) "+00:00"
+string(6) "+00:00"
+Europe/Berlin
+string(5) "+0100"
+string(6) "+01:00"
+string(6) "+01:00"
+America/Chicago
+string(5) "-0500"
+string(6) "-05:00"
+string(6) "-05:00"
+Z
+string(1) "Z"